PC electrical card connector

摘要

A PC card electrical connector comprises a housing having a pair of guides (3, 4) for guiding the PC card (1) into the housing and a connector section (5) at the rear of the guides for engagement with the contact elements (2) of the PC card. A slider (13) is mounted for reciprocal sliding movement along the guides (3, 4) and has tabs for abutment against the front end of the PC card. An ejector lever (9) is pivotted to the connector section (5), and an ejector bar (6) is connected to the ejector lever and mounted for movement rearwardly of the housing such that rearward movement of the ejector bar causes a corresponding rotation of the ejector lever to push the slider (13) forwardly to disengage the PC card from the connector section. A cantilever spring (11) is arranged to store resilient deformation energy prior to disengagement of the PC card from the connector section, and the stored energy is released when the PC card is disengaged from the connector section to further push the PC card forwardly away from the connector section. In another embodiment the cantilever spring is replaced by two compression springs acting between the rear of the guides and the slider.